Richard Susskind
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Richard Susskind OBE is a British
author, speaker, and independent adviser to international professional firms and national governments. He is the IT
Adviser to the Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales
, holds professorships at the University of Oxford
, Gresham College
and Strathclyde University, and is a past Chair of the Advisory Panel on Public Sector Information and of the Society for Computers and Law. He has specialised in legal technology since the early 1980s and is a regular columnist at The Times
newspaper. He is well known throughout the legal world for his concept of 'The Grid'; which is a model that can be used to foresee the future of the legal profession. Susskind claims there will be a plethora of new ways to outsource, insource, offshore and 'inhouse' legal work. Law firms as we know them now will morph into different specialist entities, Susskind predicts.
, Glasgow
1978–1982 — University of Glasgow
— LlB (First Class Honours)
1982–1983 — University of Glasgow — Diploma in Legal Practice
1983–1986 — Balliol College, Oxford
— DPhil (in computers and law; Faculty of Law; Snell Exhibitioner
)
and Magdalen College
)
1986–1989 — Head of Expert Systems, Ernst & Young
, UK
1989–1994 — Special Adviser on Law and IT, Masons Solicitors
1990–1992 — Chair, Society for Computers and Law
1994–1997 — Member of Management Board, Masons Solicitors
1995–1996 — IT Consultant to Lord Woolf's Access to Justice Inquiry
1997–1998 — Member, Court of Appeal (Civil Division) Review
1999–2001 — Member, Modernising Government Project Board (Cabinet Office)
2000–2001 — Expert Consultee, Tribunals Review (by Sir Andrew Leggatt)
2000–2001 — Expert Consultee, Criminal Courts Review (by Lord Justice Auld
)
2002–2010 — Member, Judicial Technology Board
2003–2008 — Chair, Advisory Panel on Public Sector Information
2006–2009 — Member, Supreme Court IT User Group
Since 2001 — Professor, Law School, University of Strathclyde
Since 2004 — Honorary Professor and Emeritus Law Professor, Gresham College
Since 2005 — Co-chair (with Lord Neuberger), ITAC (Lord Chancellor’s Information Technology and Courts Committee)
Since 2009 — Visiting Professor in Internet Studies, Oxford Internet Institute
, University of Oxford
Since 1997 — Governor, The Haberdashers’ Aske’s Schools
, Elstree
Since 2002 — Founding Member, Advisory Board of Oxford Internet Institute
Since 2004 — Trustee and Chair of Academic Affairs, The Lokahi Foundation
Since 2008 — Member, Advisory Board, Lyceum Capital
Since 2009 — Special Adviser, Canadian Bar Association
2000 — OBE, for services to IT in the Law and to the Administration of Justice
2001 — Honorary Fellow of Law Faculty, Durham University
2005 — Honorary Professor, Gresham College, London
1997 — Fellow, Royal Society of Edinburgh
1997 — Fellow, the British Computer Society
United Kingdom
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author, speaker, and independent adviser to international professional firms and national governments. He is the IT
Information technology
Information technology is the acquisition, processing, storage and dissemination of vocal, pictorial, textual and numerical information by a microelectronics-based combination of computing and telecommunications...
Adviser to the Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales
Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales
The Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales is the head of the judiciary and President of the Courts of England and Wales. Historically, he was the second-highest judge of the Courts of England and Wales, after the Lord Chancellor, but that changed as a result of the Constitutional Reform Act 2005,...
, holds professorships at the University of Oxford
University of Oxford
The University of Oxford is a university located in Oxford, United Kingdom. It is the second-oldest surviving university in the world and the oldest in the English-speaking world. Although its exact date of foundation is unclear, there is evidence of teaching as far back as 1096...
, Gresham College
Gresham College
Gresham College is an institution of higher learning located at Barnard's Inn Hall off Holborn in central London, England. It was founded in 1597 under the will of Sir Thomas Gresham and today it hosts over 140 free public lectures every year within the City of London.-History:Sir Thomas Gresham,...
and Strathclyde University, and is a past Chair of the Advisory Panel on Public Sector Information and of the Society for Computers and Law. He has specialised in legal technology since the early 1980s and is a regular columnist at The Times
The Times
The Times is a British daily national newspaper, first published in London in 1785 under the title The Daily Universal Register . The Times and its sister paper The Sunday Times are published by Times Newspapers Limited, a subsidiary since 1981 of News International...
newspaper. He is well known throughout the legal world for his concept of 'The Grid'; which is a model that can be used to foresee the future of the legal profession. Susskind claims there will be a plethora of new ways to outsource, insource, offshore and 'inhouse' legal work. Law firms as we know them now will morph into different specialist entities, Susskind predicts.
Education
1970–1978 — Hutchesons' Grammar SchoolHutchesons' Grammar School
Hutchesons' Grammar School is a co-educational independent school in the southside of Glasgow, Scotland. It was founded by the brothers George Hutcheson and Thomas Hutcheson in 1641 and was opened originally to teach orphans, starting with "twelve male children, indigent orphans".In 1876 a girls'...
, Glasgow
Glasgow
Glasgow is the largest city in Scotland and third most populous in the United Kingdom. The city is situated on the River Clyde in the country's west central lowlands...
1978–1982 — University of Glasgow
University of Glasgow
The University of Glasgow is the fourth-oldest university in the English-speaking world and one of Scotland's four ancient universities. Located in Glasgow, the university was founded in 1451 and is presently one of seventeen British higher education institutions ranked amongst the top 100 of the...
— LlB (First Class Honours)
1982–1983 — University of Glasgow — Diploma in Legal Practice
1983–1986 — Balliol College, Oxford
Balliol College, Oxford
Balliol College , founded in 1263, is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England but founded by a family with strong Scottish connections....
— DPhil (in computers and law; Faculty of Law; Snell Exhibitioner
Snell exhibitioner
The Snell Exhibition is an annual scholarship awarded to a student of the University of Glasgow to allow him or her to undertake postgraduate study at Balliol College, Oxford. The award was founded by the bequest of Sir John Snell in a will made in 1677, although the original stipulation referred...
)
Past positions
1984–1986 — Tutor in Jurisprudence, University of Oxford (KebleKeble College, Oxford
Keble College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England. Its main buildings are on Parks Road, opposite the University Museum and the University Parks. The college is bordered to the north by Keble Road, to the south by Museum Road, and to the west by Blackhall...
and Magdalen College
Magdalen College, Oxford
Magdalen College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England. As of 2006 the college had an estimated financial endowment of £153 million. Magdalen is currently top of the Norrington Table after over half of its 2010 finalists received first-class degrees, a record...
)
1986–1989 — Head of Expert Systems, Ernst & Young
Ernst & Young
Ernst & Young is one of the largest professional services networks in the world and one of the "Big Four" accountancy firms, along with Deloitte, KPMG and PricewaterhouseCoopers ....
, UK
1989–1994 — Special Adviser on Law and IT, Masons Solicitors
1990–1992 — Chair, Society for Computers and Law
1994–1997 — Member of Management Board, Masons Solicitors
1995–1996 — IT Consultant to Lord Woolf's Access to Justice Inquiry
1997–1998 — Member, Court of Appeal (Civil Division) Review
1999–2001 — Member, Modernising Government Project Board (Cabinet Office)
2000–2001 — Expert Consultee, Tribunals Review (by Sir Andrew Leggatt)
2000–2001 — Expert Consultee, Criminal Courts Review (by Lord Justice Auld
Robin Auld
Sir Robin Ernest Auld was a Lord Justice of Appeal in the Court of Appeal of England and Wales.Sir Robin was educated at Brooklands College and King's College London. He graduated with a first class honours degree in Law in 1958, obtained a doctorate in Law in 1963, and he became a Fellow of...
)
2002–2010 — Member, Judicial Technology Board
2003–2008 — Chair, Advisory Panel on Public Sector Information
2006–2009 — Member, Supreme Court IT User Group
Principal current positions
Since 1998 — IT Adviser to the Lord Chief Justice of England and WalesLord Chief Justice of England and Wales
The Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales is the head of the judiciary and President of the Courts of England and Wales. Historically, he was the second-highest judge of the Courts of England and Wales, after the Lord Chancellor, but that changed as a result of the Constitutional Reform Act 2005,...
Since 2001 — Professor, Law School, University of Strathclyde
University of Strathclyde
The University of Strathclyde , Glasgow, Scotland, is Glasgow's second university by age, founded in 1796, and receiving its Royal Charter in 1964 as the UK's first technological university...
Since 2004 — Honorary Professor and Emeritus Law Professor, Gresham College
Gresham College
Gresham College is an institution of higher learning located at Barnard's Inn Hall off Holborn in central London, England. It was founded in 1597 under the will of Sir Thomas Gresham and today it hosts over 140 free public lectures every year within the City of London.-History:Sir Thomas Gresham,...
Since 2005 — Co-chair (with Lord Neuberger), ITAC (Lord Chancellor’s Information Technology and Courts Committee)
Since 2009 — Visiting Professor in Internet Studies, Oxford Internet Institute
Oxford Internet Institute
The Oxford Internet Institute is a multi-disciplinary institute based at the University of Oxford, England, and housed in buildings owned by Balliol College, Oxford. It is devoted to the study of the societal implications of the Internet, with the aim of shaping research, policy and practice in...
, University of Oxford
Other current positions
Since 1997 — IT Adviser, Jersey Legal Information BoardSince 1997 — Governor, The Haberdashers’ Aske’s Schools
Haberdashers' Aske's Boys' School
The Haberdashers' Aske's Boys' School is a British independent school for boys aged 4–19. It is a member of the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference and of the Haileybury Group....
, Elstree
Elstree
Elstree is a village in the Hertsmere borough of Hertfordshire on the A5 road, about 10 miles north of London. In 2001, its population was 4,765, and forms part of the civil parish of Elstree and Borehamwood, originally known simply as Elstree....
Since 2002 — Founding Member, Advisory Board of Oxford Internet Institute
Since 2004 — Trustee and Chair of Academic Affairs, The Lokahi Foundation
Since 2008 — Member, Advisory Board, Lyceum Capital
Since 2009 — Special Adviser, Canadian Bar Association
Canadian Bar Association
The Canadian Bar Association represents over 37,000 lawyers, judges, notaries, law teachers, and law students from across Canada.-History:The Association's first Annual Meeting was held in Montreal in 1896. However, the CBA has been in continuous existence in its present form since 1914...
Honours
1992 — Honorary Member, Society for Computers and Law2000 — OBE, for services to IT in the Law and to the Administration of Justice
2001 — Honorary Fellow of Law Faculty, Durham University
Durham University
The University of Durham, commonly known as Durham University, is a university in Durham, England. It was founded by Act of Parliament in 1832 and granted a Royal Charter in 1837...
2005 — Honorary Professor, Gresham College, London
Fellowships
1992 — Fellow, Royal Society of ArtsRoyal Society of Arts
The Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufacturers and Commerce is a British multi-disciplinary institution, based in London. The name Royal Society of Arts is frequently used for brevity...
1997 — Fellow, Royal Society of Edinburgh
Royal Society of Edinburgh
The Royal Society of Edinburgh is Scotland's national academy of science and letters. It is a registered charity, operating on a wholly independent and non-party-political basis and providing public benefit throughout Scotland...
1997 — Fellow, the British Computer Society
British Computer Society
The British Computer Society, is a professional body and a learned society that represents those working in Information Technology in the United Kingdom and internationally...
Books
- The End of Lawyers? (Oxford University PressOxford University PressOxford University Press is the largest university press in the world. It is a department of the University of Oxford and is governed by a group of 15 academics appointed by the Vice-Chancellor known as the Delegates of the Press. They are headed by the Secretary to the Delegates, who serves as...
, 2008; revised paperback, 2010) - The Susskind Interviews (Thomson, 2004) (editor)
- Essays in Honour of Sir Brian Neill (Butterworths, 2003) (co-edited with Lord Saville)
- Transforming the Law (Oxford University Press, 2000; revised paperback, 2003)
- The Future of Law (Oxford University Press, 1996; revised paperback, 1998)
- Essays on Law and Artificial Intelligence (Tano, 1993)
- Latent Damage Law - The Expert System (Butterworths, 1988) (with P.N. Capper)
- Expert Systems in Law (Oxford University Press, 1987; paperback, 1989)